Apparently I’ve been living under a rock or more likely just busy taking care of my family and minding my own business. In doing so I’ve been totally taken by surprise by the controversy over Ellen Degeneres being a spokesperson for JC Penney. It seems she’s a threat to American families. No, seriously, you can’t make this stuff up.
I’m not one to jump on a bandwagon, stand on a soapbox or get on a high horse. In fact, just this week I was yelled at for being “so neutral”. Ya, call me Switzerland. I was raised to not talk about politics or religion, to not judge other people and if you can’t say something nice, don’t say anthing at all (that last one I stole from Thumper). So it really irritates me when a group that is supposedly speaking for American Families, and Mothers in particular, turns out to be nothing more than a bunch of bigoted, small minded, mean-spirited busybodies.
Honestly, before yesterday I had never heard of “A Million Moms”, but now that I have, I want to stand up and say that “A Million Moms does not represent me or my family.” It saddens me to think of the wasted resources of these supposed million moms. Can you imagine the force for good that could come out of a million moms? They could tackle child abuse, homelessness, hunger in America, but no, instead they have chosen to focus on JC Penney and Ellen Degeneres because she is such a threat to their way of life. Really? I’d let Ellen babysit my kids.
Seriously, I could use a night out with my husband.
How are we supposed to combat bullying in schools when so many children are learning it’s okay to be a bully from their own mothers? Because this is what their campaigns are all about, bullying companies into complying with their views. I don’t want to shop or eat at any business that caves into this hate group.
I have read that JC Penney hasn’t backed down from keeping Ellen as their spokesperson and I sincerely hope they don’t.
Time for a little Meow Monday.
Go visit Oreo over at Small Town Mommy.
He might be gloating over the Giants Superbowl win just a bit.
George didn’t want to talk to the media today so we ended up with his “Talk to the Paw” pose.
Although he was happy to hear that Magpie was adopted!
Which brings us to “Pet of the Week“
Marsha
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Marsha is a beautiful 1-year-old cat who was brought to Lollypop Farm after being found as a stray in Wayland. Lollypop Farm staff don’t know anything about her history, but they say she’s a wonderful cat! Marsha loves to play and is fun to watch as she bats toys around! She likes being held and she will start purring right away! Marsha likes getting attention and is a very sweet cat.
Lollypop Farm Pet of the Week
Elle
Being a wife and mother is great but it’s also a big giant magnet for blame when something goes missing.
“The last time I saw it you had it.”
“I remember giving it to you and I haven’t seen it since.”
For example, at 6:20 yesterday morning my husband started with “I guess my good black pants must be in some pile of dirty clothes in the laundry room?”
At 6:20 I’m not even awake, but whatev. “If they are dirty they’re in the hamper right there.”
“I threw them in the dirty clothes when I got back from Florida.”
“I already washed the Florida stuff. You must have them somewhere”
“No, I remember putting them in the dirty clothes and I haven’t seen them since then.”
And there it is the “I haven’t seen them since blah blah blah”
“Well I haven’t seen them or washed them”
To make a long story short he found them last night on the floor of the closet. “I guess they fell off the hook.”
Aaargh!
Then Sissy comes in and says “Have you seen my black vest with the ruffles? Last time I saw it, I put it in the dirty clothes”
Aaargh! Seriously, What the hell??!!
If it’s Tuesday this must be Random Tuesday Thoughts. It used to be brought to you by Keely at The Un-Mom but she’s taking a hiatus. Okay, it’s been a really long hiatus but Random Tuesdays still rock on with help from Stacy.
Elle
Last week I was all stressed out because of an email I received from our host telling me that we were in violation of their “Terms of Service“. After lots of stress, emails back and forth, headaches and frustration it turns out that we were never in violation of any “Terms of Service”! No, just some other sites that use them were targeted by spammers and they wanted us to make sure we weren’t. Ugh!! Why couldn’t they have just said that in the first email, not the 4th and after hours of me trying to figure out an issue that was totally unfigureoutable because there wasn’t any issue to begin with! Apparently we have used the word viagra a few too many times. Who knew?
Yesterday I went to the doctor because I’m still having issues from my slip and fall on the ice from January 2nd. I can tell I have a pinched nerve and I’m not sleeping well at all because of it. She poked the hell out of my upper shoulder. Each time, “does this hurt?’ was followed by a “Hell Yes That Hurts!!!!” Which was followed by even harder poking and more “Does this hurt?” Seriously! If it hurt a second ago and you’re poking even harder now, what do you think???? She finally diagnosed me with a strained rhombus muscle related to my fall. She said heat, massage and a chiropractor would be the best treatment.
At the store I picked up a package of a heat wraps. The directions said to not adhere it directly to your skin. I put it on the outside of my shirt and now it looks like I have a giant maxi pad accidentally stuck to the back of my shirt.
I think there might be a market for stickers that say “I know this looks like a giant maxi pad but it’s really a heating pad disguised as a giant maxi pad. Until they invent those stickers, I’ll be wearing more than one shirt.
It’s Monday and that means we join Oreo, from Small Town Mommy, for a what he calls Meow Monday.
One of George’s favorite pastimes is to help J-Man with his homework.
- George notices J-Man is doing his homework
George is stalking J-Man's pencil
George attacks J-Man's pencil
Sneakers
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Sneakers was seized in the Riga cruelty investigation in 2010 and had to
wait more than a year before the courts turned over custody of the animals
to Lollypop Farm. Sneakers is an independent kitty who likes to watch
everything that’s going on. When he’s ready, he seeks you out for petting
and attention! This sweet boy is 8 years old and eligible for the
Seniors-for-Seniors program, which means that adopters age 60 and older can
take him home free of charge!
Somebody noticed that Sneakers bears a striking resemblance to Dewey the Library Cat and when you put them side by side you can really see it.
Wednesdays are great for Wordless and Wordful posts, but we decided to go a different route and create our own Wednesday fun. We figured what the hell. That’s how we started What The Hell Wednesday. Who are we kidding? That’s pretty much how we decide on almost everything. If you want to play along, grab our button on the sidebar, link up to us in your post and don’t forget to sign in to the linky below. Really, what the hell?
Elle
My husband is in Florida with our DD (Disney Daughter) while I’m here in the frozen north holding down the fort. Tonight I even had to take out the trash! What the Hell??!! I’m not good at taking out the trash. It’s bad enough he’s down there, but every text, picture or Facebook status update always about the great food he’s having, how wonderful the weather is and how much fun he’s having. Ugh! What The Hell??!! I don’t want to see every delicious bite you eat while I’m at home taking out the trash, cleaning the litterbox and exciting things like that. He did say “Aren’t you happy for me?” Umm..no, no I’m not.
I’m still waiting for a response from our hosting company regarding our “violation of Terms of Service”. What the Hell??!! I can’t quite figure out how we are violating it. The whole thing is pretty annoying and by pretty annoying I mean totally annoying!
What’s the deal with the toilet paper commercials and the whole “respect the roll” thing? Have you seen the one where the neighbor is looking out his window into the neighbor’s bathroom and notices they don’t have a cover for their extra roll of toilet paper. What The Hell??!! Why the hell doesn’t somebody have a problem with the peeping tom neighbor?? That seems to me to be a bigger issue than an uncovered roll of toilet paper. Just sayin’
Stacy
I know we need to have a Presidential Address every now and then. I mean at least tonight there wasn’t anything good on t.v. and all. I don’t watch them because I really don’t care. The thing is I wanted to watch the rerun of Modern Family afterwards but noooooooooooo. What the Hell? They had everyone analyzing what the hell he had said. And then you had to have the Republican response to it. Who cares??? Shut up! Ugh, I hate politics. Don’t email me, I really don’t care.
Two weeks after getting my latest cold I feel okay but still can’t breathe through my sinuses. What The Hell? And now Thing 2 is sick with it! It’s the never ending cold season this year!
The kittens are adorable, and have been here for 4 months now. The only problem is that they get into everything!! Just the other day one of them ate Thing 1′s headphones and the headset for the Wii!! What The Hell? You can’t leave anything out without them tipping it over and chewing it!!
Did you hear about the worker in NY that had to spell “SCHOOL XING” on the road outside a school? He actually spelled it, “SHCOOL”. But, NO ONE from the school noticed!! What The Hell? Were the teachers and students just not paying attention or is that a sign that you don’t want to send your kids to that shcool school?
If it’s Tuesday this must be Random Tuesday Thoughts. It used to be brought to you by Keely at The Un-Mom but she’s taking a hiatus. Okay, it’s been a really long hiatus but Random Tuesdays still rock on with help from Stacy.
Elle
Ya, I know this is late. It’s a long story.
Hmm.. Looks like Stacy is a no show once again.
Yesterday was my day off and I had planned on some housework, finally reading the latest Janet Evanovich book and some computer time before the kids got home from school. That was all before I checked my email. I had an email from the company that hosts our site and apparently we are “violating the terms of service”. If I can’t figure out the issue they can “suspend” our site. Fun times! I seriously have no idea what I’m doing so don’t be surprised if Blue Monkey Butt disappears off the face of the internet. Our mother will miss us anyway.
On the upside, I did receive an “official” email from the FBI stating that there was money coming to me from Nigeria and it was legit. Awesome! I could so use 65 million dollars right now! It was sort of odd that the wording of the email sounded a lot like the emails that come from Nigeria and the email address for Fed Ex was a hotmail account, but hey, the FBI said it was legit. I feel so much better about it now that I know it isn’t a scam. Glad that got cleared up.
Is it odd that I used the “Start Over” feature on our cable box on an episode of Phineas and Ferb? What? I hadn’t seen that one.
Mr. Barky McBarkypants is doing pretty well in his obedience class. It being his second class and all. The instructors did bring up the his spinning habit. When he’s excited or nervous he spins. They said as long as he can stop it isn’t a problem. If he can’t then it’s an OCD issue. All I need is a dog on Prozac. That would just be awesome. Maybe he could even have a doggy therapist. That wouldn’t be a waste of money at all.
Don’t forget to join us for What The Hell Wednesday tomorrow. That is if we’re here.
I may not be able to dress my cats up like Oreo from Small Town Mommy, but they still like to join him for Meow Monday.
We think poor George was taken away from his mother too soon or else he has a fleecy blanket fetish. Every time he is tired he finds one of our fleece blankets and acts like it’s his mother. If it’s quiet, you can even hear him making sucky noises. It’s just lovely when you grab a blanket to cover up and it’s covered in cat slobber. I’m pretty sure he’ll never outgrow this habit and we will always have blankets covered in cat spit. Good thing he is so darn cute.
Since all of our cats came from Lollypop Farm, we like to promote an adoptable cat each week for the Pet of the Week.
This week we have Mr. Toad.
Mr. Toad is a 6-year-old longhaired cat who was seized in the Riga cruelty investigation and can’t wait to find a loving home. He is a beautiful, mellow boy who likes getting attention. If you’re 60 or older, you can adopt Mr. Toad free of charge through our Seniors-for-Seniors program! But he would make a great companion for cat-lovers of any age.
Mr. Toad really deserves a home of his own!
Wednesdays are great for Wordless and Wordful posts, but we decided to go a different route and create our own Wednesday fun. We figured what the hell. That’s how we started What The Hell Wednesday. Who are we kidding? That’s pretty much how we decide on almost everything. If you want to play along, grab our button on the sidebar, link up to us in your post and don’t forget to sign in to the linky below. Really, what the hell?
Stacy-I was thinking yesterday as I was sitting with my bright red nose, how can you have a runny nose that is completely stuffed up? Seriously What The Hell?
I turned on NBC Saturday night to watch Saturday Night Live, and all that was there was some crappy music and a statement that said this channel is unavailable. What The Hell? I can’t watch NBC or CW shows, okay, the CW is not an issue because there isn’t one show on there that I watch, but NBC??? What The Hell? I went on to DirectTv’s website and apparently the NBC station wants to raise the price 300% for DirectTv to carry it. I guess I’ll be watching all my shows online for now.
Elle
I’d be pretty upset if Time Warner took away the CW. I’d be all What The Hell happened to the Dean show the Sam and Dean show Supernatural? At least it’s in reruns on TBS for 2 hours every day.
If it’s Tuesday this must be Random Tuesday Thoughts. It used to be brought to you by Keely at The Un-Mom but she’s taking a hiatus. Okay, it’s been a really long hiatus but Random Tuesdays still rock on with help from Stacy.
Stacy
Today I woke up with a runny, stuffy nose. Great, I’m sick again. This year has been ridiculous! I think I may have gotten sick once last year, this year it’s practically non-stop.
The Ambien Adventures continue. I may have to stop taking it. The thing is, I sleep so good, or at least I think I’m sleeping, and I feel rested, even if I am up talking, texting, emailing and saying super crazy things. It would probably make a funny YouTube video, although I don’t think I want everyone seeing me all messed up.
Did you know that there’s a Girl Scout Cookie App for Smart Phones this year? It tells you exactly where there is a Girl Scout Cookie Sale. I don’t know about you, but I’ve known for weeks, and have had my order in. Because really, the Mom’s selling the cookies sure let you know when they’re up for sale. You don’t need an app for that.
Elle
We finally got several inches of snow last week and my dogs are loving it. Me? Not so much. They love to go out, eat the snow then come in. About 30 minutes later they are barking to go out because they need to go from all the snow they ate. I let them out, they go, then try to eat more snow before I get them back inside. This cycle will repeat itself all day long. I try to stop them from eating snow which involves me yelling “Stop eating snow!” over and over. Then Toby will look at me and then sneak a huge bite of snow and run in the house. I can’t win. I’m hoping the snow will lose it’s appeal after a while.
Last night I planned on getting up early this morning and baking some cinnamon rolls for Sissy’s breakfast before school this morning. Okay, not homemade , Pillsbury does the heavy lifting, I put them in a dish and bake them and then frost them. It’s still a lot to do that early in the morning. But because someone was snoring I didn’t sleep very well. I didn’t get up as early as I planned, which turned out to be a good thing. Sissy also didn’t get up, even after I turned on her light. For the record, turning on the bedroom light in your teenage daughter’s room while she isn’t fully awake, totally ticks them off. Just sayin’ . So, in turn, Sissy didn’t come out into the kitchen until it was time for the bus. She didn’t have time to even look at the breakfast I did make, never mine eat it. She was pretty grumpy when she got on the bus. But since I didn’t get up early and make cinnamon rolls that she wouldn’t get the chance to eat, I was actually in a good mood. Funny how things work out.
Don’t forget to join us for What the Hell Wednesday tomorrow. It’s where we get to complain about all the things that made us say “What the Hell??”" this past week.
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